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Re: ok spam bots, I surrender

MsPablo wrote:

Merlin wrote:

MsPablo wrote:

Merlin, I am so very sorry you have to deal with this crazy spam situation. I hope everyone can be patient and supportive through this time.

Nothing to apologise for, except perhaps on our end! I'd like to let everyone know we've implemented a couple of new systems that should keep spammers at bay. Any popping up now were more than likely already signed up before this week.

I/we appreciate your support and patience a great deal. Thank you!

Coming in to a new job and having the repeating spambot situation dumped on you is kind of a lot to take on in your first weeks, I would think, especially because it naturally causes the steadfast members to be highly critical of the way the site is run and that must feel like a lot of pressure on you for something that is basically out of your control, but also because the spambot situation causes an exodus of people who would potentially participate in this site. The bottom line is how many hits does the site get, which probably includes the spambot activity, but in the long run, it causes people to avoid the site, IMO.

Re: ok spam bots, I surrender

Maree wrote:

MsPablo wrote:

Merlin wrote:

I/we appreciate your support and patience a great deal. Thank you!

Coming in to a new job and having the repeating spambot situation dumped on you is kind of a lot to take on in your first weeks, I would think, especially because it naturally causes the steadfast members to be highly critical of the way the site is run and that must feel like a lot of pressure on you for something that is basically out of your control, but also because the spambot situation causes an exodus of people who would potentially participate in this site. The bottom line is how many hits does the site get, which probably includes the spambot activity, but in the long run, it causes people to avoid the site, IMO.

I admit that early last evening (my time), I posted a terse comment out of frustration that was tipped by a spammer.

I checked in later, the spammer's post had been deleted so I deleted my related post.

We've always had the occasional spammer/s but this spate recently has been unprecedented since I joined.

The question/s for me are "why?" and "why us?". Guess we'll never know . Good that new measures have been implemented

We do know why, it's about making money and advertising. The more 'hits' they get, the more advertisers pay.

Re: ok spam bots, I surrender

Re: ok spam bots, I surrender

Reported.

Please respect our Forum & keep it spam-free. Thanks.

Edit: Just to elaborate from my previous comment back a pg or two...of course I'm aware "why", my comment was purely about how I see things - I don't see any point of people posting "stuff", as, I'm not interested & I hope other forumers/people browsing can't be bothered, too!...as I said before...total time wasters.

Re: ok spam bots, I surrender

No I don't think it's strange.. when settings, formats etc are altered its bound to create a few windows of oprtunity for spammers . The difficulty this time was that a lot of the spam seemed to have occurred over the weekends when there is no one in the office.

I have seen it a great deal worse than happened here recently , it seems to happen every so often . Technology for offices and technology for spammers seems to be in constant battle.

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